Specialist Support Worker

Job overview

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Specialist support worker  to join our well-established and innovative learning disabilities inpatient service for Adults. The Specialist Support Worker will be able to deliver elements of health and social care and undertake clinical work in domains that have previously only been within the remit of registered professionals. This post will therefore transcend traditional professional boundaries.

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development and delivery of assessment and treatment-oriented care. This includes contributing to the full range of care tasks, including the co-ordination of shifts under supervision from the Nurse in Charge, taking on the role of care coordinator under the supervision of the Charge Nurse, co-facilitating therapeutic groups and individual activities, information gathering and analysis to inform a multi-disciplinary formulation, audit and specific aspects of therapeutic intervention

You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to providing a high-quality service which complements the work done by our wider CTLD colleagues and in liaison/partnership with other care  services.

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Please see the attached job description for more duties

• Undertake a range of delegated clinical and administrative duties in learning disability settings
• Take on the role of primary nurse under the supervision of the Charge Nurse in line with local quality standards
• Contribute to a full range of routine care tasks such as supporting self-care, routine observations and risk assessment once trained and under supervision from a registered professional
• Provide and facilitate recreational, social and educational group and individual activities as part of the Ward / hospital wide in-patient programme; following set aims and objectives
• Co-facilitate therapeutic groups under the supervision of a registered professional appropriate for the service user group
• Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan

• Provide assistance and support with welfare benefits and patients’ financial situations
• Liaise with patients’ families around admission, belongings and finances

• Conduct agreed audit to support service development activity
• Deliver specified aspects of therapeutic interventions, once trained, under close supervision from a registered professional.
• To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed.
• To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of recovery plans. 

Working for our organisation

• We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire

Working in Sussex:

• • Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
  • Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
  • With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• • 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
  • 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
  • 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles